---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business: manufactured optical discs."
description: "Existing law requires every person who manufactures an optical disc, as defined, for commercial purposes to permanently mark the manufactured optical disc with an identification mark or a unique identifying code, as specified. Existing law sets forth various definitions for purposes of these provisions. Existing law makes a manufacturer that violates these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines. Existing law also makes a person that engages in specified prohibited acts in violation of these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines or imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 550"
citation: "California SB 550 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business: manufactured optical discs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a03854-0644-4913-bd0e-7f6d7f59a0c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550"
source_hash: "6d7c1b3bb289ce455e2b17a9e565495de30817535442da86f5b951caabba8ff1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 550 (20112012) — Business: manufactured optical discs.

Existing law requires every person who manufactures an optical disc, as defined, for commercial purposes to permanently mark the manufactured optical disc with an identification mark or a unique identifying code, as specified. Existing law sets forth various definitions for purposes of these provisions. Existing law makes a manufacturer that violates these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines. Existing law also makes a person that engages in specified prohibited acts in violation of these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines or imprisonment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55099INT)
2. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55098AMD)
3. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55097AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55096AMD)
5. **08/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55095AMD)
6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55093CHP)
7. **SB550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550)
8. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55094ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 550 Padilla Senate Third Reading By FUENTES — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB550 Padilla Concurrence — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Butler — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 616.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 862.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1186.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 2692.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2236.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 421, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8a03854-0644-4913-bd0e-7f6d7f59a0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).